Centrifugal-separator feeding device



Dec. 1l, 1928.

V. J. GLMORE CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR FEEDING DEVICE Flled May 19, 1927 Patented Dec. ll, 1.928.

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VINCENT J.

GrLlNICRE, OF VIAPPTHGERS FALLS, NEW ASSGNOR T0 THE DE LAVAL SEPABATOR COMPANY, OE NEW' YORK, N. Y., A CGRPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CENTRFUGAL-SEPARATOR IEEEDING DEVICE.

Application ledMay i9, 1927. Serial No. 192,611. v

My invention relates to faucets for supplying milk (or other liquid) to centrifugal separator bowls` f To facilitate handling, certaincentrifugal separatorsV are provided above the machine frame, on which rests a supply can containing the liquid to be fed to the separator bowl, the supplyy can being provided with a discharge faucet and being turnable in a horizontal plane into and vout of posit-ion to bring its faucet directlyv above the bowl and its covers and into feeding relation with the regulating cup on the covers.

Of necessity, therefore, the faucet outlet must be higher than the top of the regulating cup. However, the best operation requires that the faucet, when in operative position and delivering liquid` to the regulating cup, shall be lower than the top of the cup so as to be relatively close to the float valve therein and thereby avoid splashing and surging..

rlhe object of my invention is to allow the supply can to be turned in a horizontal plane and have its faucet, when closed, clear 'the regulating cup and to automatically position the faucet outlet below the top of the regulating cup when, after being operatively positioned, it is opened to allow outflow of liquid into the regulating cup.

The invention comprises a faucet so constructed that its opening movement involves a bodily displacement of the outlet end of the faucet from a higher level (above the top of the regulating cup) to a lower level (below the top of the regulating cup).

il preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings7 in whichJ p Fig. 1 is a side view of a centrifugal sepa` rator equipped with a structure embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is aV letail sectional view of the faucet associated with the regulating cup. f

Fig. 3 is a side view of the same, showing the faucet closed.

On the frame a of the separator is an elevated platform b on which is supporteda supply can c turnable in a horizontal plane to bring its faucet into and out of the liquid delivery position, illustrated in Fig. 1, above the regulating cup d, which is mounted on covers e for receiving the separated liquids discharged from the bowl. i

The faucet comprises a body having a feed passage g and a tapered socket z',

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feed passage communicating at opposite ends with the supplycan and the socket. With- 1n the socket risa'l turnable tapered faucet plug h provide-d with a handle The socket is so positioned that the axis of the plug extends at an oblique angle to the vertical. The plug 7; isprovided with an outlet tube 7c whose axis extends 4 vertically I when the plug is turned int-o Vposition to cause the tube 7c to register with passage g, as shown in full lines in Fig.V 2, and is displaced more or less toward a horizontal'position when theplug is turnedV into position to close communication between tube 7c and passage g, as shown in Fig. 3 and in dotted lines in Fig. 2. ln the embodiment shown, the axis m of the plug is at the same angle to the vertical as the axis 7/ of the outlet tube la is to the axis of the plug. l

By so constructing the plug that its discharge tube is bodily swung down into a vertical position whenv the faucet is opened and .is bodily swungup toward a horizontal position when the faucet is closed, it is possible to have the closed faucet clear the top of the regulating cup when the supply can is turned in a horizontal plane into, or away from, liquid delivery position and to havethe discharge end of the faucet at the desired level below the top of the regulating Vcup when the supply can is in delivery position and the faucet opened. v

Having no'w fully described my invention, what l claim and desire to protect by Letters PatentV is: Y

l. rlhe combination with acentrifugal separator, a supply can positioned thereon and a separating bowl and its regulating cup', of a faucet controlling the flow from the supply can to the regulating cup; said faucet comprising a turnable member movable mto two positions, one to open the faucetand simultaneously lower its outlet to below the level a separating bowl and its regulating cup, of

a faucet controlling the flow from the supply can to the regulating cup; said faucet comprising a faucet body having a feed passage conununicating with the supply can and a member, having a feed passage and turnable into one position on the faucet body to con-v neet the two feed passages and position the outlet from the Asecond vpassage below the level of the top ot' the regula-ting cup and movable into another position on ther faucet body to disconnect the two feed passages and position the outlet from the second passage at a level above that of the top of the regulating cup. v Y

Y' he combination with a supply can for a centrifugal separator, of a taucetcoinprising a faucet body having a tubular feed passage communicating With the interior of the supply'ean anda plug'sooket beyond the end of the passage, and a plug turnable in said socket on an axis oblique to` the vertical and having a feed passage which assumes a substantially vertical position with its outlet end at va relatively loW level when the plugis turned into position to open communication between said passages and Which assumes a position atan angle to the vertical with its outlet end at a relatively high level when the plug is turned into position to close communication between said passages,

il. The combination with a supply can for a centrifugal separator7 of a 'faucet comprising a faucet body l'iavin;v a substantially liorizontal feed passage con'miunicating` with the interior ol the supply can and a plug` socket beyond the endof the passage, and a plug` turnable `in said socket and lia-ying au outlet tube which, in the turning movement ol the plug, -n'iay be brought into and out oi' register Witlithe feed passage inthe faucet body, the axis of rot-ation of the plug being,l at an oblique angle to the vertical and the axis of its outlet tubefbeing atv the saine angle tothe axis oi rotation of the plug.

' ln testimony of Which invention, lV have hereunto set my hand, vat Pouglilieepsie,k

N. Y.,on this 16th day ofMay, 1927'` VINCENTJ. -GILMORE 

